Valley Christian was out of sync during the early stages of its nonleague boys volleyball match against Cerritos on Tuesday.

The visiting Dons jumped out to a 7-3 lead, and the Crusaders appeared somewhat bewildered.

But Valley Christian pulled itself together and eventually defeated Cerritos in three sets, 25-16, 25-9 and 25-10.

Kyle Pollema led the Crusaders (3-2) with 13 kills and eight digs, Dean Pollema contributed 18 assists and four blocks and Jase Reyneveld had six kills and three blocks.

“A lot of it was we knew coming in, and from what we had seen and heard about this team, that we were the far better team,” first-year Valley Christian coach Rob Samuelson said of the slow start. “And so our guys were trying different plays right at the beginning of the game and we weren’t connecting on them.

“And once I told them to settle down and go back to the basic stuff first and then work the plays later, they were much better.”

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